Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society

Found 4035 papers in total
AI and OR in management of operations: history and trends
AI and OR in management of operations: history and trends
2007,
The last decade has seen a considerable growth in the use of Artificial Intelligence...
Modelling treatment effects in the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Modelling treatment effects in the HIV/AIDS epidemic
2006,
Advances in recent treatments for HIV/AIDS patients have shown dramatic outcomes in...
OR and the challenge to improve the British National Health Service: modelling for insight and improvement in in-patient flows
OR and the challenge to improve the British National Health Service: modelling for insight and improvement in in-patient flows
2007,
This paper considers efforts to improve in-patient flows, a particularly urgent issue...
An analytical approach for constructing and measuring concepts
An analytical approach for constructing and measuring concepts
2006,
Conceptual models are a necessary component of strategic thinking as they provide a...
Mixing methodologies to enhance the implementation of healthcare operational research
Mixing methodologies to enhance the implementation of healthcare operational research
2007,
Healthcare Operational Research (OR) has had limited success in achieving a sufficient...
Using Foucault to analyse ethics in the practice of problem structuring methods
Using Foucault to analyse ethics in the practice of problem structuring methods
2006,
As a new generation of problem-structuring methods (PSM) develops in operational...
Choice of modelling technique for evaluating health care interventions
Choice of modelling technique for evaluating health care interventions
2007,
Economic evaluation, such as cost effectiveness analysis, provides a method for...
A Monte Carlo simulation approach to the characterization of uncertainties in cancer staging and radiation treatment decisions
A Monte Carlo simulation approach to the characterization of uncertainties in cancer staging and radiation treatment decisions
2007,
Radiation treatment for cancer is a critical medical procedure that occurs in a...
Refocusing upstream: Operational Research for population health
Refocusing upstream: Operational Research for population health
2007,
This paper examines the potential for the application of OR methods to...
Decision support tools for ambulance dispatch and relocation
Decision support tools for ambulance dispatch and relocation
2007,
In this paper, the development of decision support tools for dynamic ambulance...
Economic design of an adaptive T2 control chart
Economic design of an adaptive T2 control chart
2007,
Varying three parameters of the Hotelling's T 2 control chart, namely, the sample...
A simulation study of scheduling clinic appointments in surgical care: individual surgeon versus pooled lists
A simulation study of scheduling clinic appointments in surgical care: individual surgeon versus pooled lists
2007,
The purpose of this paper is to compare two methods of scheduling outpatient clinic...
Modelling the flow of congestive heart failure patients through a hospital system
Modelling the flow of congestive heart failure patients through a hospital system
2007,
The number of hospital admissions in England due to heart failure is projected to...
Using simulation to improve the blood supply chain
Using simulation to improve the blood supply chain
2007,
This case study is concerned with analysing policies for managing the blood inventory...
The development and use of tools for monitoring the occurrence of surgical wound infections
The development and use of tools for monitoring the occurrence of surgical wound infections
2007,
Infections acquired during patients' hospital stays are a major health care concern in...
Improving resource utilization for diagnostic services through flexible inpatient scheduling: A method for improving resource utilization
Improving resource utilization for diagnostic services through flexible inpatient scheduling: A method for improving resource utilization
2007,
We present a method to increase the utilization of and reduce the waiting times for an...
Combining Data Mining and Discrete Event Simulation for a value-added view of a hospital emergency department
Combining Data Mining and Discrete Event Simulation for a value-added view of a hospital emergency department
2007,
While simulation models have furthered understanding of the operations of emergency...
Where to treat the older patient? Can Markov models help us better understand the relationship between hospital and community care?
Where to treat the older patient? Can Markov models help us better understand the relationship between hospital and community care?
2007,
We have previously used Markov models to describe movements of patients between...
Simulation modelling in healthcare: reviewing legacies and investigating futures
Simulation modelling in healthcare: reviewing legacies and investigating futures
2007,
This article proposes considered futures for the use of simulation as a problem...
Large-scale capacitated part-routing in the presence of process and routing flexibilities and setup costs
Large-scale capacitated part-routing in the presence of process and routing flexibilities and setup costs
2006,
We develop a Lagrangean relaxation-based heuristic procedure to generate a...
Minimizing the number of pickups on a multi-head placement machine
Minimizing the number of pickups on a multi-head placement machine
2007,
Multi-head gantry machines are becoming increasingly popular in surface mount...
A maintenance resources capacity estimator
A maintenance resources capacity estimator
2006,
Combat aircraft operations are usually constrained by limits on the logistics...
An analysis of combined arms teaming for the Australian defence force
An analysis of combined arms teaming for the Australian defence force
2006,
This study presents a quantitative analysis of combined arms teams consisting of three...
A priority assessment multi-criteria decision model for human spaceflight mission planning at NASA
A priority assessment multi-criteria decision model for human spaceflight mission planning at NASA
2006,
Analog missions are real-life, Earth-based science missions whose purpose is to help...
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